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The Crowley Lake Fishout hosted by John Hogg
is scheduled for September 11 – 13, 2009. This is a beautiful time in the
Eastern Sierra with the quaking aspen in full fall colors, the days warm but
not hot and cool nights. The fish are usually stuffing themselves for the
winter on midges and other invertebrates along with (in Lake Crowley) perch
fry.
If you want to extend the trip (highly recommended!), the
trip down to Lake Crowley passes by Bridgeport Lake, West Walker River,
and/or Virginia lakes, all destination points on their own. Take an extra
day and visit any of those spots! On Sunday, the 30th, we
traditionally leave rather early from Lake Crowley and stop at Heenan Lake,
the home of some gigantic cutthroat trout…but this is very optional!
We
have several choices for lodging arrangements: we can camp at Convict Lake (a very nice campground
but at that time of the year it can be cold), or we can motel camp in
Mammoth (only a short distance from the fishing grounds) or we can get a
condo or house for all of us. As the time gets closer we can make that
decision!
Although all are welcome (of course!) this is probably best
suited for those who have a little fishing experience especially in a float
tube/pontoon boat as there is sometimes a lot of kicking/casting involved.
There is little shore fishing from Lake Crowley but there is Hot Creek,
which has 9,000 (literally!) fish/mile.
No guarantees but the fish can be big and very hot and quite
plentiful if everything is right. Hope you can join us!
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